[B-Greek] Romans 16:7
Dan Starcevich
dan.star at comcast.net
Tue Dec 21 08:54:07 EST 2004
The grammatical form of the name is either masculine or feminine accusative
singular. Favoring a feminine interpretation of the name are the following
facts:
1. The masculine Junias is very rare. According to the NET Bible note only
one instance of the masculine name is known in extant Greek literature.
2. The feminine Junia is a common Latin name.
3. According to Fitzmeyer the Church Fathers, primarily the Latin ones,
understood this to be a woman's name.
4. Other apparent husband/wife pairs are mentioned in this list such as
Priscilla/Aquila, Philologus/Julia so Andronicus/Junias may be another.
Favoring the masculine interpretation are the following:
1. When accents were added to the Greek text in the ninth century the
circumflex was placed over the ultima indicating that our ninth century
brothers and sisters understood this to be a man's name.
2. The feminine name Junia is rare in Greek according to Moo it only ocurrs
3 other times in Greek lit.
3. Other women active in ministry are mentioned in this context such as vv.
3, 12, 15.
So, the data is not conclusive one way or the other on the question of
whether Junias is a man or woman. In my opinion the feminine interpretation
has a slight advantage since the it is the more common name in Greek and
Latin usage.
Dan Starcevich
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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Carl W. Conrad
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 6:48 AM
To: Karen Beaulieu
Cc: Biblical Greek
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Romans 16:7
At 7:27 AM -0500 12/21/04, Karen Beaulieu wrote:
>Dear B-Greek,
> I wonder if someone might point me to a place in the archives where
>the language in Romans 16:7 is discussed, primarily whether Junias is a
>man's or woman's name and whether he/she is named as an apostle. I
>know there is dissention here, and I don't wish to stir up more--simply
>to see what is available for review. I also welcome new comments. Thank
you.
> Karen Beaulieu
Nov 30-Dec 2, 1995 "Junia/Junias nochmals" and "Junias Redivivus!"
Dec 5-6, 1995 "Junia endgueltig"
July 10, 1996 "Junias in Romans 16.7"
Jun 25-30, 1997 "Junia EN TOIS APOSTOLOIS (and Andronicus too)"
March 31-April 5 "Junia an Apostle or Junia considered prominent by the
Apostles?"
June 3-4, 2002 "Epp on Junia / Junias (Rom 16:7)"
August 29-30, 2004 "episemoi en tois apostolois"
This is not an exhaustive list. I'll just note that there are TWO questions
involved in this text: (1) whether the acc. form IOUNIAN in Rom 6:7 refers
to a man named Junias or to a woman named Junia; (2) whether EN TOIS
APOSTOLIS means "among the apostles" (she was one of them) or "in the view
of the apostles" (whether they considered her distinguished). The evidence
seems to point in the direction of (1) this was a woman; (2) she was
considered distinguished by the apostles--but this verse and its
implications are likely to remain a bone of contention for some time to
come.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
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